The Holy Grail Of Afrocentric Culture. Part Two

Read Article

Comments (30)

This article is closed for comments.

Read Comments Comments (30)

NAKED 11 years ago

Asante kingdom have a lot of money and Gold and other natural resources but many Asante people are living in abject poverty why should it happen in that way with money and resources but still poor? the reason been that since ...
read full comment

Asante kingdom have a lot of money and Gold and other natural resources but many Asante people are living in abject poverty why should it happen in that way with money and resources but still poor? the reason been that since 1902 up to date the Asante people never had a good leader to lead them, all of them are selfish and greedy cum politics that is why Asante region is in the ditch like that.Look at the Adansi where they extract the gold is like ghetto, from New Edubiase, Obuasi, Adansi Akrokerri, Fomena, DOmpoase etc all these towns are like ghetto's our kings are so corrupt from their hair to their toes all what you can see is corruption.

Compare and contrast Johannesburg of South Africa and Obuasi and judge for yourself. Am incline to believe that BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT HUMAN IS TRUE, our live is like a VULTURE, we always prefer rotten things to the real ones that is how VULTURES look like the same thing apply to us. And the most painful thing is that the AGA scholarship allotted for the Adansi's they never give to the real Adansi's, they only give to the aliens. How can an alien who did not hail from Adansi benefit AGA scholarship which is allotted for the those who comes from the Adansi Area? My Adansi people the time has come, let come together to demand an accountability from our kings including OSEI TUTU II.

NAKED will be back.

Follow me if you can but put all the burdens behind.
Kwadwo Asamoah 11 years ago

Asantehene should account for all the royalties paid to him by Ashanti Goldfields.The royalties should be used for the development of Adansiman.I call upon the Adansihene and his elders to set up ADANSIMAN DEVELOPMENT FUND w ...
read full comment

Asantehene should account for all the royalties paid to him by Ashanti Goldfields.The royalties should be used for the development of Adansiman.I call upon the Adansihene and his elders to set up ADANSIMAN DEVELOPMENT FUND which will manage the royalties for the development of Adansiman as soon as possible.
NAKED 11 years ago

Good my brother let's Adansi youth come together and develop our towns and cities

Good my brother let's Adansi youth come together and develop our towns and cities
Ghanaman 11 years ago

What you have, JD, is LLB in Ghana and the C'wealth. Stop fooling yourself.

What you have, JD, is LLB in Ghana and the C'wealth. Stop fooling yourself.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago

Hello Dr. SAS,

How are you? I just fnished reading your piece. However, I have provided tons of authoriattive sources on "culture" for your reading.

You may want to see my "The Best Educational Formula for the African ( ...
read full comment

Hello Dr. SAS,

How are you? I just fnished reading your piece. However, I have provided tons of authoriattive sources on "culture" for your reading.

You may want to see my "The Best Educational Formula for the African (l)," "The Power of Critical Thinking (lll)," and "A Moral Imperative for Organizing (ll)," the latter of which is yet to be published. I submitted the latter about five minutes go.

In fact, the sources are many but represent less than one percent of what I have actually ready read, scientific publications/research whose contents I have also followed for several years.

In "A Moral Imperative for Organizing (ll)," for instance, I have provided current scientific research on cultural relativism, ethical or moral relativism, international law, language, relationship between language and culture, etc.

Also, Do find time to read Franz Boas' "Race, Langauge, and Culture. WEB Du Bois was his students and he's the founder of American anthropology and a co-founder of modern anthropology. Read Roger L. Blackburn's review of "the Universal Periodic Reviews (2011) as it relates to cultural relativism and international law (human rights, for instance).

You may probably want to read MIT's Noam Chomsky, one of the world's leading authorities on language evolution and culture. But always read Chomsky with Dr. Daniel Everret whose recent scholarship on the Piraha, a language spoken by a Native American ethnic group in the Amazon Basin, has completed destroyed Chomsky's "Universal Grammar."

Most of these scientific works are highly technical, yet they answer most of the general questions you have about "culture." I can help break down the technicalities if that should be necessary.

I hope these help. Thanks.
KB 11 years ago

Your article makes interesting reading,yes,but having said that I very much wonder what you're trying to prove,in general and to yourself in particular.What is it,simply put?

Your article makes interesting reading,yes,but having said that I very much wonder what you're trying to prove,in general and to yourself in particular.What is it,simply put?
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 11 years ago

Simply put, the human identity is not determinable by race, ethnicity or creed but by character. Thus we must try to become human beings through ethical conduct rather than cultural beings with adherence to moribund practice ...
read full comment

Simply put, the human identity is not determinable by race, ethnicity or creed but by character. Thus we must try to become human beings through ethical conduct rather than cultural beings with adherence to moribund practices that set us apart.
Frank Appiah 11 years ago

Thank you Kwadwo,Stockholm Syndrome is exactly what infected Nelson Mandela.He RECONCILED with illegal white occupants of South Africa and maintained the STATUS QUO-No empowerment and upliftment for BLACKS.

Thank you Kwadwo,Stockholm Syndrome is exactly what infected Nelson Mandela.He RECONCILED with illegal white occupants of South Africa and maintained the STATUS QUO-No empowerment and upliftment for BLACKS.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 11 years ago

My Brother Francis,
I am not a reading geek like you. I doubt that I even have your range of vocabulary or the latitude of your mind.
Please make an annotation of the reading list you have provided together with comments, ...
read full comment

My Brother Francis,
I am not a reading geek like you. I doubt that I even have your range of vocabulary or the latitude of your mind.
Please make an annotation of the reading list you have provided together with comments, and I will be happy to read. Also note that at your level, you may not need to imbibe and regurgitate another scholar's ideas. You qualify to develop your own.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago

Hello,

Of course, I shall make the list with annotated comments and post them at the appropraited time.

However, I cited some of my articles which deal directly with my own unadulterated take on such difficult and compl ...
read full comment

Hello,

Of course, I shall make the list with annotated comments and post them at the appropraited time.

However, I cited some of my articles which deal directly with my own unadulterated take on such difficult and complicated subjects.

Then again, I mentioned these authoritative sources because they give good and incontrovertibe examples/evidence from societies which I never knew existed nor ever hoped to visit (I may change my mind one day, who knows!). They also contain interesting examples from cultures that had gone extinct at the dawn of modernization!

Let's see what time has to say.

Thanks.

James Quartey 11 years ago

Samuel Adjei Sarfo,your previous biased articles about Nkrumah have discouraged many readers to read your articles.The greatest African, Nkrumah was human and he made some mistakes but your articles were too full of hatred a ...
read full comment

Samuel Adjei Sarfo,your previous biased articles about Nkrumah have discouraged many readers to read your articles.The greatest African, Nkrumah was human and he made some mistakes but your articles were too full of hatred and one-sided.
OGYAM 11 years ago

So after all Nkrumah made some mistakes. Tll that to the CPP apologists. He made colossal mistakes.

So after all Nkrumah made some mistakes. Tll that to the CPP apologists. He made colossal mistakes.
WISEMAN 11 years ago

Nkrumah's mistakes were the fact that he was living hundreds of years OF HIS TIME and he didn't know that Ghanaians prefer sardines and milk to INDUSTRIALIZATION.There was ample evidence that CIA and British Intelligence crea ...
read full comment

Nkrumah's mistakes were the fact that he was living hundreds of years OF HIS TIME and he didn't know that Ghanaians prefer sardines and milk to INDUSTRIALIZATION.There was ample evidence that CIA and British Intelligence created artificial shortages of sardines and milk which Ghanaians loved so much,thereby arousing dissatisfaction among Ghanaians.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 11 years ago

My articles are meant for a very small group of intellectuals willing and able to engage in dispassionate debate, not acolytes of ideology or cheerleaders with ossified notions.

My articles are meant for a very small group of intellectuals willing and able to engage in dispassionate debate, not acolytes of ideology or cheerleaders with ossified notions.
James Quartey 11 years ago

The small group of intellectuals want to read objective and fair crticisms,and not articles flavoured with bias,hatred and animosity.

The small group of intellectuals want to read objective and fair crticisms,and not articles flavoured with bias,hatred and animosity.
kosoko 11 years ago

Please, I want readers to bear in mind that none of the SAS's articles can be said to be a scientific paper. It is obvious that he got no clue of the issues he discusses. When people sometimes try to draw his attention to bas ...
read full comment

Please, I want readers to bear in mind that none of the SAS's articles can be said to be a scientific paper. It is obvious that he got no clue of the issues he discusses. When people sometimes try to draw his attention to basic facts he gets wrong, I think he gets swallow headed--thinking that someone is responding to these trash he continues to write. Check out his responses when Kwarteng tried to cite him authoritative sources on the issues he is discussing to see his real size in scholarship.
Brother 11 years ago

Nkrumah was so bad, and Dr Adjei Sarfo is so right he writes for the benefit of only intellectuals who will engage in dispassionate debate. Yet Dr himself can not get into a dispassionate debate when criticed. All Mr Quatey i ...
read full comment

Nkrumah was so bad, and Dr Adjei Sarfo is so right he writes for the benefit of only intellectuals who will engage in dispassionate debate. Yet Dr himself can not get into a dispassionate debate when criticed. All Mr Quatey is saying is that you were bias towards Nkrumah and you say 'well he is not an intellectual that is why he did not understand you'. What of if you let it passed? In any case many in Ghana including you said Ghana made a mistake getting independent we should have allowed the British to go on so what has informed your support for black consciousness? I know Brother Kwateng wasted his time inviting you to such fora and you did a very 'intellectual' thing the way you refused it. Brother Francis is way too insistent and you know, you may learn a few things. Just try to be open minded.
Asiwome 11 years ago

Please, refer to Gen. 4-6. The Fall changed everything.

Please, refer to Gen. 4-6. The Fall changed everything.
Kwadwo Boateng, London 11 years ago

When the British warned Nkrumah that the newly independent Ghana will make mistakes and not thrive Nkrumah replied: "Of course we will undoubtedly make mistakes, but it will be our own mistakes and it will be our responsibili ...
read full comment

When the British warned Nkrumah that the newly independent Ghana will make mistakes and not thrive Nkrumah replied: "Of course we will undoubtedly make mistakes, but it will be our own mistakes and it will be our responsibility to correct our own mistakes". In fact, our colonial masters managed their “own” affairs despite committing serious mistakes which in many instances resulted in, slavery, world wars, famine, genocides, etc. The transatlantic slave trade and holocaust have taught us that being barbaric is not limited to a race. The fact is animalistic instincts can manifest in both whites and blacks. While the Europeans amplified our failures they muffled theirs. To date, this psychological ploy makes us feel inferior, doubt efforts, and abandon our trials toward success. In many instances, success is achieved after many trials and failures. When American inventor and businessman, Thomas Edison, was ridiculed when he botched many scientific experiments he told his doubters that “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” He also said “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Mr. Sarfo, unfortunately your heroes, such as Busia & co, by their actions and words directly or indirectly confirmed “Lord Lugard’s discredited notions of the noble African” when they asked the British to postpone our independence. They suffered from Stockholm syndrome and never believed that the “black man was capable of managing his own affairs” as Nkrumah had suggested.

Here's the meaning of Stockholm syndrome:

"Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness".
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

So the Blackman is capable of managing his own affairs . Please ,don't behave like an ostrich.

So the Blackman is capable of managing his own affairs . Please ,don't behave like an ostrich.

Kwadwo Boateng, London 11 years ago

Who do you expect to manage your affairs for you? You long do you want to stay at the "plantation"?

Who do you expect to manage your affairs for you? You long do you want to stay at the "plantation"?
Kwadwo Boateng, London 11 years ago

How long do you want to remain at the "plantation"?

How long do you want to remain at the "plantation"?
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

I meant to reply to your question . See below.

I meant to reply to your question . See below.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

Of late SAS has been writing very good and educative articles. He received a lot of disigenuos bashing for the part one of this piece. The truth of the matter is that our culture .especially ,Ghanaian has not helped much if ...
read full comment

Of late SAS has been writing very good and educative articles. He received a lot of disigenuos bashing for the part one of this piece. The truth of the matter is that our culture .especially ,Ghanaian has not helped much if any at all in our quest for better lives .Culture is a way of life. There is a saying in Akan which says " se obi de adepa reba Kotoko a yenye no aboro " This saying endorses corruption. That is the reason why a whole delegation of chiefs trooped to the castle to defend Woyome. We do not critisize our elders when they are misbehave . Our culture breeds nepotism ,putting squar e pegs in round holes. We lose many productive days to river and sea gods while the white man has no such gods.We should look at our culture dispassionately and do away with those that hinder our development.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

Correction ": when they misbehave.

Correction ": when they misbehave.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

Boat, look at the mess after 56 years of independence , is it good management ? Listen to Ghana radio and the utterances that come from our elected officials see the corruption that has become the norm in our country, the s ...
read full comment

Boat, look at the mess after 56 years of independence , is it good management ? Listen to Ghana radio and the utterances that come from our elected officials see the corruption that has become the norm in our country, the squalor in which our people live albeit the abundance of natural resources we have . Most Asian countries do not have a fifth of what we have. Africa is the most stable continent in the world - no natural disasters like earthquakes,hurricanes,typhoons ,s tsunami- and on top of it all the most endowed with natural resources ,our weather is fantastic ,the envy of the advanced nations and like Bob Marley said " in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty " . Is it not frustrating ?
mubarik abdallah (Accra) 11 years ago

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ARTICLE,MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ARTICLE,MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE
mky 11 years ago

This article is a healthy and substantially positive departure from SAS's earlier assertions on African culture which in essence captured his contempt and disgust for the values and norms of African societies....however, toda ...
read full comment

This article is a healthy and substantially positive departure from SAS's earlier assertions on African culture which in essence captured his contempt and disgust for the values and norms of African societies....however, today's piece is revelatory for the mere fact that it reaffirms our self-worth as humans race notwithstanding....and at the same time, it showcases SAS's evolution, however slow and deliberate....

Mark Osei's observations could be described as the pent-up frustrations of an individual who can't stand the consistent rear-guard position the black man takes in almost all human endeavor....I don't share his observations though I am frustrated too with our seemingly slow pace in catching up with the rest of the worl
Santana 11 years ago

Who says we are ever going to catch up? There is a reason why Africa is referred to as the ''third world.'' Even our way of thinking is third class. What have the Adjei Sarfos, the Okoampa Ahoofes and the Francis Kwartengs ...
read full comment

Who says we are ever going to catch up? There is a reason why Africa is referred to as the ''third world.'' Even our way of thinking is third class. What have the Adjei Sarfos, the Okoampa Ahoofes and the Francis Kwartengs contributed to Ghana so far apart from blowing their horns on Ghanaweb?
kosoko 11 years ago

Leave Francis out. He is well read. Highly enlightened-- in terms of information, analysis and inferences. He is a scholar in his own right.

Leave Francis out. He is well read. Highly enlightened-- in terms of information, analysis and inferences. He is a scholar in his own right.

30 Comments

Welcome,

SIGN IN

Welcome,

RESET PASSWORD

Hello,

Terms and conditions

REGISTER

The Holy Grail Of Afrocentric Culture. Part Two

Read Comments .st0{display:none;fill:#14BDD3;} .st1{display:none;} .st2{display:inline;fill:#FC0F0F;} .st3{display:inline;fill:#FFFFFF;} .st4{display:inline;fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:6;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Comments (30)

Read Comments Comments (30)